EPISODE 2558

Ep. 1099 Myths of the Addiction Industry

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Steven Slate, who once struggled with drug use himself, joins me to talk about whether what we think we know about addiction is really true. Is addiction a “disease”? Is “treatment” the only way to deal with it? Are people who believe that don’t need treatment “in denial”? Is moderate consumption always off limits for people who have had problems?

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